- Language or dialect:
- Agob-Ende-Kawam
- Feature:
- Is there a distinction between inclusive and exclusive?
- Coding:
-
present
(Lindsey 2018)
- Comment:
- There is an inclusive/exclusive distinction in the first person non-singular pronouns across all cases. The inclusive nominative pronoun is ibi and the exclusive nominative pronoun is ngämi. This is illustrated in Table 1, where all the pronouns are listed.
Table 1. Pronouns in all cases
1sg 2sg 3sg 1nsg (incl) 1nsg (excl) 2nsg 3nsg
Nominative Pronouns ngäna bongo bogo ibi ngämi bibi ubi
Ablative Pronouns ngämäne bänäne obäne ibaene ngämaene binaene obaene/
(y)abaene
Ablative Clitics =bäne =baene/
=(y)abaene
Accusative Pronouns ngänäm bam obom ibim ngämim bibim ubim
Accusative Clitics =bom =bim
Dative Pronouns ngämlle bablle oblle ibira ngämira bibra ubira
Comitative Pronouns ngämo peyang bäne peyang obo peyang iba peyang ngäma peyang
ngäma bakmall bina peyang oba peyang
oba bakmall
Comitative Clitics oballe
Emphatic (contrast) Pronouns ngänawa bongowa beawa
Emphatic (too) Pronouns ngänade
(ngäna ade) bade
bongode
(bongo ade) bode
(bogo ade) (ibi ade) (ngämi ade) (bibi ade) (ubi ade)
Possessive Pronouns ngämo bäne obo iba ngäma bina oba/
(y)aba
Possessive Clitics =bo =ba/
=(y)aba
Restrictive Pronouns ngänaebe bongoaebe bogoaebe ibiae ngämiae bibiae ubiae
Restrictive Clitics =aebe